Asset Markets, Financial Intermediaries and Growth in Emerging Markets and Beyond

The European Economics and Finance Society (EEFS) hosted its Fourteenth Annual Conference from June 11 to 14, 2015 in Brussels and its Fifteenth Annual Conference from June 16 to 19, 2016, in Amsterdam - both in collaboration with the journal “International Economics and Economic Policy”. The conferences addressed topics within the spectrum of international economics, trade theory, international macroeconomics and international finance. The focus was strongly on deriving policy conclusions to lessen the probability of further crises and to identify issues and questions for further research.

A peer-reviewed selection of the papers presented at both conferences is presented in this issue. These contributions can be grouped around five main topics. Five papers fall into the category of “exchange rates and monetary policy in developed and emerging economies”. The topics “public debt, monetary policy and economic growth”, “banking”, “housing markets” and “trade policy” are each covered by two contributions.